Typewriter mounting bracket



April 14, 1964 M. M. DAMELIO 3,128,979

TYPEWRITER MOUNTING BRACKET Filed July 10, 1961 f I T 23 1 U @f ED/-33 Q 53% I -INVENT 0R. Mal/110 M. Damelzo ATTORNEY.

United States Patent Ofiice 3,128,979 Patented Apr. 14, 1964 3,128,979 TYPEWRITER MOUNTING BRACKET Maurice M. Damelio, 12 Davis St., Girard, Ohio, assignor of one-half to Beatrice V. Scanlon, Girard, Ohio Filed July 10, 1961, Ser. No. 122,966 3 Claims. (Cl. 248-25) This invention relates to typewriters in general and more particularly to a bracket for mounting a typewriter on a supporting surface in adjustable relation thereto.

The principal object of this invention is the provision of a device for securing a typewriter to a supporting surface in an adjustable manner.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a simple and efiicient mounting bracket by which a typewriter may be secured to a typewriter desk or stand and which bracket will permit the typewriter to be moved in various directions.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device by which a typewriter may be mounted in a drop head typewriter desk or upon a retractable typewriter platform in a desk so that the typewriter may be stored in the desk in tilted or inverted position and at the same time permitting the typewriter to be moved relative to the supporting structure.

The typewriter mounting bracket disclosed herein provides a simple and efiicient means of mounting a typewriter in a relatively fixed location on a typewriter desk or stand. It has heretofore been common to bolt typewriters in a fixed position on a typewriter desk or stand and such practice prevents the desirable repositioning of the typewriter by the typist.

It has been determined that a typist uses a typewriter most efiiciently when it is conveniently positioned relative to the normal position occupied by the typist, such as for example, with the typewriter turned slightly to the right or left to enable the keyboard to be matched more closely to the normal arm and hand positions of the typist. The present invention provides a simple and inexpensive device which permits the typewriter to be individually adjusted to the most desirable and convenient position for the typist while at the same time mounting the typewriter in relatively fixed position on its supporting structure.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being the intention to cover all changes and modifications of the example of the invention herein chosen for purposes of the disclosure, which do not constitute departures from the spirit and scope of the invention.

The invention i illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a top plan view of a typewriter mounting bracket.

FIGURE 2 is a front view thereof with broken lines indicating fasteners.

FIGURE 3 is a side view of a typewriter and a supporting structure on a reduced scale showing typewriter mounting bracket in end elevation.

FIGURE 4 is a top plan View of a typewriter with broken lines illustrating the position of the typewriter mounting bracket and arrows indicating the directions in which the typewriter may be moved.

FIGURE 5 is a top plan view of a modified form of a typewriter mounting bracket.

FIGURE 6 is a front view of the typewriter mounting bracket shown in FIGURE 5 and including a portion of a typewriter supporting structure with parts broken away.

FIGURE 7 is a top plan view of a second modification of the typewriter mounting bracket.

By referring to the drawings and FIGURES 1, 2, 3 and 4 in particular wherein a preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated, it will be seen that the typewriter mounting bracket comprises an elongated metal bar 10 having centrally positioned downwardly extending threaded stud 11 which receives a butterfly nut 12. The opposite ends of the bar 10 are apertured as at 13, 13 and arranged to receive fasteners such as bolts as shown in FIGURE 2 and indicated by the numerals 14, 14. The bolts 14, 14 are adapted to be engaged in the usual threaded openings in the base of a typewriter 15 as seen in FIGURES 3 and 4.

The typewriter 15 includes a plurality of keys 16 on a keyboard 17, a carriage 18 and a roller 19 reciprocally mounted in the typewriter 15 as will be understood by those familar with the construction thereof. The typewriter 15 includes a structural frame in which threaded openings are provided at the opposite sides of the bottom thereof and it will be seen by referring to FIGURES 1 and 2 of the drawings that the apertures 13, 13 in the bar 10 are positioned at spaced locations with respect to the center stud 11 of the device so that various makes and sizes of typewriters may be secured to the bar 10 of the typewriter mounting bracket.

By referring again to FIGURES 3 and 4 of the drawings which are in greatly reduced size relative to the illustrations in FIGURES l and 2, it will be seen that the bar 10 of the typewriter mounting bracket is positioned transversely of the typewriter 15 therebeneath so that the bolts 14, 14 may be positioned upwardly through the bar 19 and engaged in the bottom of the structural frame of the typewriter 15.

A spacing member 20 is positioned beneath the bar 10 on the stud 11 and the stud 11 is positioned through an opening in a supporting desk or stand 21 so that the butterfly nut 12 heretofore referred to may be positioned on the stud 11 therebeneath. The typewriter 15 is provided with feet 22, 22 which support it, and the mounting bracket secures it to the desk 21 while at the same time permitting it to be moved as shown by the arrows in FIGURE 4.

It will occur to those skilled in the art by modifying the shape of the bar 10 of the device and elongating the apertures 13 and providing an aperture centrally of the device rather than the stud 11 still further adjustments of the position of the typewriter secured by the device may be made, and a modification of the invention showing such a construction is illustrated in FIGURES 5 and 6. By referring thereto, it will be seen that the modified typewriter mounting bracket comprises an elongated bar 23 which has enlarged opposite end sections 24, 24 in which a plurality of transversely extending spaced slots 25, 25 are positioned. A centrally located longitudinally extending slot 26 is provided so that a bolt 27 can be positioned therethrough as shown in FIGURE 6 and thereby mount the bar 23 relative to a desk or other supporting structure 28. A spacing member 29 is employed together with a butterfly nut 30.

It will therefore be seen that a typewriter mounted by the modification of the invention shown in FIGURES 5 and 6 may be moved in the same directions as shown by the arrows in FIGURE 4 and it may additionally be moved forwardly and backwardly by reason of the slots 25 and it may be also moved sidewardly by reason of the slot 26.

The same relatively wide degree of adjustment may be obtained by a further modification of the invention which is illustrated in top plan view in FIGURE 2 and by referring thereto it will be seen that the second modification comprises a bar 31 having a central threaded stud 32 depending therefrom and having crossed interconnected slot-like formations in its opposite ends. The crossed slot-like formations include sections 33, 33 extending longitudinally of the bar 31 and a plurality of transversely extending sections 34, 34 interconnecting therewith.

A typewriter secured to the bar 31 by bolts positioned through the slot-like formations 33 and 34 may therefore be pivoted on the center stud 32 and it may also be moved forwardly and backwardly in the sections 34 and sidewardly in the sections 33 of the slot-like formations.

It will thus be seen that a mounting bracket for a typewriter has been disclosed which meets the several objects of the invention, and having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. The new combination of a typewriter having a base, feet attached to said base for supporting the typewriter on a desk surface, a mounting bracket consisting of a rigid, non-resilient flat bar, of a length less than the width of the typewriter base and positioned against the undersurface of the base and extending transversely thereof, the bar being of narrow width as compared to its length and being plane throughout and lying flat against the underside of the base, the bar being relatively thin as compared to the height of the supporting feet of the typewriter whereby the bar will clear the underlying supporting desk surface on which the feet of the typewriter rest, said bar having a plurality of openings in and adjacent to each end thereof, fastening bolts passing through certain of the openings at each end of the bar and threadably engaged with the typewriter base and securing the bar flat against the said underside of the base, a threaded stud connected at one end to said bar midway between the ends of the latter and extending from the side of the bar away from said typewriter base, the stud having a securing nut threaded upon the other end thereof for coupling the bar with the typewriter supporting surface on which the typewriter rests, and a spacing member encircling said stud to fill out a space between the bar and the supporting surface upon which the typewriter rests.

2. The invention according to claim 1, wherein the connection between said one end of the stud and said bar embodies a slot extending longitudinally of the bar through which the stud extends and the stud having a head engaging against the side of the bar opposite from the said one side thereof and wherein the said openings adjacent to each end of the bar are in the form of transversely extending parallel slots.

3. The invention according to claim 2, wherein the said transverse slots adjacent to each end of the bar are intersected as a group by a long slot extending longitudinally of the bar.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,600,859 Wright Sept. 21, 1926 2,130,497 Hueglin Sept. 20, 1938 2,679,992 Schuette June 1, 1954 2,711,195 Hill June 21, 1955 FOREIGN PATENTS 96,729 Austria Apr. 25, 1924 

1. THE NEW COMBINATION OF A TYPEWRITER HAVING A BASE, FEET ATTACHED TO SAID BASE FOR SUPPORTING THE TYPEWRITER ON A DESK SURFACE A MOUNTING BRACKET CONSISTING OF A RIGID, NON-RESILIENT FLAT BAR, OF A LENGTH LESS THAN THE WIDTH OF THE TYPEWRITER BASE AND POSITIONED AGAINST THE UNDERSURFACE OF THE BASE AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY THEREOF, THE BAR BEING OF NARROW WIDTH AS COMPARED TO ITS LENGTH AND BEING PLANE THROUGHOUT AND LYING FLAT AGAINST THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BASE, THE BAR BEING RELATIVELY THIN AS COMPARED TO THE HEIGHT OF THE SUPPORTING FEET OF THE TYPEWRITER WHEREBY THE BAR WILL CLEAR THE UNDERLYING SUPPORTING DESK SURFACE ON WHICH THE FEET OF THE TYPEWRITER REST, SAID BAR HAVING A PLURALITY OF OPENINGS IN AND ADJACENT TO EACH END THEREOF, FASTENING BOLTS PASSING THROUGH 